Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Holiday Gift Guide: Music

For Music LoversLife: Keith Richards by Keith Richards and James FoxIt’s Keith F-ing Richards! This is the ultimate, no-holds-barred story of rock-and-roll, The Rolling Stones, and Richards himself. The opening chapter includes Richards riding in a car stuffed with illicit drugs too numerous to remember and it only gets crazier from there. Despite the rock-and-roll lifestyle, it’s clear Keith Richards loves music and music lovers will love to read what he has to say about it.The House of Tomorrow by Peter BognanniPunk rock changes another life! Sebastian lives in a geodesic dome in Iowa with his grandmother, a devotee of Buckminster Fuller. An encounter with a family from a nearby town finds Sebastian with his first friend, first crush, and first exposure to punk rock music. It’s all a revelation! Remember when you first discovered the music that shaped the person you became? A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganMusic is at the heart of Egan’s clever novel. Overlapping stories start with an aging punk rocker, Bennie Salazar, and his assistant, Sasha and spiral out through time and space to tell a profound story of life, love, survival, and music.Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man’s Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut by Rob SheffieldIt’s Rob Sheffield. He wrote Love is a Mix Tape. He’s a contributing editor at Rolling Stone. His coming-of-age story is a reminder of how music helps define us as it provides a soundtrack to some of the defining moments in our young lives.Neil Young’s Greendale by Josh Dysart and Cliff Chiang (illustrator)This is a graphic novel for either the Neil Young fan in your life or the teen who is starting to explore classic rock. Based on Young’s 2003 album and 2004 film, the graphic novel tells the story of Sun Green. Sun is a beautiful, politically active teenager in Northern California whose convictions are also paired with supernatural powers that she is only beginning to tap.